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Today marks 1 year since conflict broke out in South Sudan. An estimated 1.9 million people have been displaced from their homes, more than half of whom are children. 1.4 million people are displaced inside the country and almost 500,000 have fled to neighbouring countries.
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As the number of people in need of humanitarian assistance worldwide grows, humanitarian agencies will again rely on resources from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to respond to crises in 2015.
CERF will hold its annual pledging conference on 17 December in New York. The aim is to raise US$450...

“I thought I was prepared,” says Victor Lahai, an OCHA Humanitarian Affairs Officer in the Philippines. “But reality hit hard when I thought we might not make it through the night. The scenes outside were horrendous.”
Victor is referring to the night of 6 December when Typhoon...

Valijon Ranoev joined OCHA’s Regional Office for Caucasus and Central Asia a few months ago. His job is simple to define, but simply massive to achieve: He is responsible for helping the humanitarian community in the region – local and international NGOs, governments and the international...